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(Fragment)Heade Sketches Sold Privately
by Daniel GrantAnother day, another deaccession controversy. The good news is that the endowment of the St. Augustine Historical Society in Florida is reported to be $1 million richer than it had been. The reason for that windfall strikes almost no one as good news. Back in late 2007, the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Snellenburg Joins Bonhams
Jonathan Snellenburg has joined Bonhams in New York City as director of the clocks and watches department.Snellenburg studied history and geology at Dartmouth College and received a Ph.D. in geochemistry from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. This led to a postdoctoral fellowship at the American Museum ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rick Deckard "Blade Runner" Hero Blaster Blasts the Record Books
by Richard de ThuinThe Hero Blaster used by Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford's character) in Blade Runner (Warner Bros., 1982) shot off a bid of more than a quarter of a million dollars to reach a target of $258,750 (includes buyer's premium) at Hollywood auction #36 held by Profiles in History, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Elinor Gordon, 91
Elinor Gordon, for 50 years the doyenne of dealers in Chinese export porcelain, died in East Sandwich, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Light Attendance at Americana Auction, but Most Key Items Sell
This heavy and large (35½" x 62" overall) carved pine panel, signed and dated 1911, is the masterpiece of Leander Allen Plummer II. To see how the two Steves (auctioneer Stephen Fletcher and sporting specialist and auctioneer Stephen O’Brien) felt about it, read the story. The panel and Plummer’s box ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Values Abound in Spirited Rockport Art Association Auction
Emile Gruppé, Unloading the Catch, oil on canvas, 20" x 24", $7935 (est. $6500/ 8500). Earlier in the sale, Sunlit Birches, a tiny (3" x 4") signed oil on board described by the auctioneer as having “great composition” and being “the smallest I’ve ever seen in my life” sold over ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lower Admission Price at Historic Deerfield
Historic Deerfield is rolling back the cost of adult admission. Visitors 18 and older will pay only $12 to experience all that the museum of early New England life has to offer."We want to make the visitor experience more accessible to a broader audience," said Philip Zea, president of Historic ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fine Art Dealers Association Announces New President
Betina Tasende of Tasende Gallery, La Jolla and West Hollywood, California, has been appointed president of the Fine Art Dealers Association (FADA). Howard Rehs of Rehs Galleries, Inc., New York City, stepped down from his 12-year tenure as president on July 1.According to the organization, Tasende moves into the presidency ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: The Times They Are a-Changin'
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondAnd we'd better change with them. Last month, we talked about the joys and advantages of playing to the crowd, taking an auction and making it fun by connecting with an audience. We've forgotten how to do that, and it's important that we learn to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: A Quick Peep at Albert Smith, "Man of Mont Blanc"The Egyptian Hall front of "Mr. Albert Smith's Ascent of Mont Blanc" has suffered some damage since it was made in 1854, but this very rare peepshow, complete with text booklet and 15 coloured litho views, sold ... (Read More)
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